Petri calls for ethics probe of his actions

7:08 PM,
Feb. 17, 2014

Thomas Petri

Written by

Donovan Slack
Gannett Washington Bureau

Rep. Tom Petri says he is "distressed by the innuendo" that there is a conflict between his personal financial interests and his official actions in Washington so he took the unusual step on Sunday of asking the House Ethics Committee to investigate.

"To end any questions, I am requesting that the committee formally review the matter and report back," the Wisconsin Republican wrote in a letter to the committee that his office released Monday.

His move follows a Gannett Washington Bureau investigation of his advocacy at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill for Oshkosh Corp., a defense contractor ...